Sr. Cognos BI Developer Reston, VA 6 month plus contract opportunity
*COGNOS CERTIFICATIONS PREFERRED * *CANDIDATES MUST HAVE A STRONG BACKGROUND IN UNIX SHELL SCRIPTING * *Job Description:* *Responsibilities * Design and develop enterprise wide data analysis and reporting solutions with Cognos. Work with the business users and provide expertise in problem definition, requirements analysis and the general design of the BI system Document functional and technical requirements for the metadata layer and the BI reports Define and build the BI metadata layer based on the business requirements Develop BI reports, dashboards, and scorecards Review and analyze data from multiple internal and external sources Communicate analysis results and making recommendations to senior management Expertise in business intelligence development and related implementation technologies Assist the testing team and facilitate the user acceptance testing Assist in maintaining all system administration, development and support documentation, including current product level release notes Assist with the planning, implementing and testing of all system patches and upgrades * Required Skills:* Qualifications* Minimum 5 years demonstrated experience with Cognos. Experience with Cognos 8.0 or higher, preferably Cognos 8.4 *8 - 10 years* of experience in software systems development and programming, 5 years experience in data warehousing or business intelligence Understanding of relational and dimensional data modeling techniques Exposure to Multi-dimensional OLAP Technologies Experience with a variety of sources (Oracle, SQL Server, XML, flat file, Excel Spreadsheet, SAP etc.) Several years experience in building/implementing scalable, reliable and high performance ETL architectures is desired. Proficiency with RDBMS systems, SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, UNIX shell scripting, and database optimizations Understanding of modern software engineering principles, practices, and systems development methodologies, preferably Rational Unified Process (RUP) Familiar with database analysis, design, and programming with an understanding of related technologies specifically Java, XML, and web services Excellent BI design skills, hands-on experience *Best Regards* *Allen |Resource Manager| ProSoft CyberWorld Group, Inc * *Email **al...@prosoftcyberworld.com*<blocked::mailto:al...@prosoftcyberworld.com> *| Phone 630 371 0530/630-596-5053 Ext 142|* *|Fax 630.390-2400 |2001 Butterfield Rd, Suite 305, Downers Grove, IL, 60515. | **www.prosoftCyberworld.com*<blocked::http://www.prosoftcyberworld.com/> * * * * *SAP Services Partner|SAP Gold Partner|**SAP-XI** Strategic Delivery Partner for major accounts * *Focused on Total Business Integration, CRM & SRM Solutions *** *IBM WebSphere Integration Specialist | EAI Consolidation Strategists* *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE*: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message ------------------------------ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SAP or Oracle Financials" group. To post to this group, send email to sap-or-oracle-financi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sap-or-oracle-financials+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sap-or-oracle-financials?hl=en.
